Nexus Israel 2017 | American Friends of The Hebrew University (AFHU) | 22 May 2017 | New York, NY, United States

NEXUS:ISRAEL is an interactive conference uniting the leading finance, investment and business professionals with the most prolific innovators from the spheres of nanotechnology, computer, health, agriculture, environmental and life sciences, to build capacity for the next generation of technology investment, commercialization and knowledge exchange.

This one-day event will showcase powerful stories at the intersection of invention, innovation and commercialization of new technologies designed to create greater social and economic value around the world.

Daniel Kahneman
Nobel Laureate, Economics; Author, Thinking Fast and Slow

Alan Patricof
Co-Founder and Managing Director, Greycroft LLC; Founder, Apax Partners

Maxine Fassberg
Executive in Residence and Intel Vice President, Intel Capital

Jack Hidary
Senior Advisor, Alphabet X Labs

Roger Kornberg
Nobel Laureate, Chemistry; Professor of Structural Biology, Stanford University

Professor Isaiah (Shy) Arkin
Vice President for Research and Development, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Professor Uri Banin
Head of the Laboratory for the Science and Technology of Nanocrystals; Founder, Qlight Nanotech

Hagai Bergman
Chief Investigator and Instructor, Basal Ganglia Research Laboratory, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem

David Blumberg
Founder and Managing Partner, Blumberg Capital

Aryeh B. Bourkoff
Founder and CEO, LionTree LLC

Margaret Burgraff
Vice President, Software and Service Group and General Manager, Global Software Enabling, Intel Corporation

Yaron Daniely
Chief Executive Officer, Yissum

Inon Elroy
Israel's Economic Minister to North America

Daniel Goldin
Founder and CEO, KnuEdge; Longest-Tenured Administrator, NASA

Clive Kabatznik
Chairman, Datos Health

Jason Kelly
New York Bureau Chief and Executive Editor, Bloomberg

Shlomo Magdassi
Award-Winning Inventor in 3D printing, Solar Energy, and Bio-Medical Systems

Marc O. Mayer
Board President, American Friends of The Hebrew University

Avner Mendelson
President and CEO, Leumi Bank

Howard Morgan
Co-Founder, First Round Capital

Yifat Oron
CEO, Leumi Tech

Raphael Ouzan
Founder, BillGuard

Shmuel Peleg
Co-Founder, BriefCam and Humaneyes; Professor of Computer Science, the Hebrew University

Tomaso A. Poggio
Board Member, Mobileye; Director, Center for Brains, Minds and Machines, MIT

Meital Reches
Founder, NanoAF

Gillian Sandler
Managing Partner, Galapont

Andrew L. Shapiro
Founder and Partner, Broadscale Group

Oded Shoseyov
Co-Founder, CollPlant, Melodea, Biobetter and Cannabi-Tech

Dune Thorne
Partner, Brown Advisory

Itai Tsiddon
Co-Founder, Lightricks

Vijay Vaitheeswaran
China Business Editor and Shanghai Bureau Chief, The Economist

Matthew Winkler
Editor-in-Chief Emeritus, Bloomberg News

Catherine D. Wood
Founder, CEO and Chief Investment Officer, ARK Investment Management

Jacob Worenklein
Chairman and CEO, US Grid Company

LEUMITECH
nixs leumi
Datos
Michael Margolis
Dina Smolyar & Vadim Zlotnikov
WEXFORD
DUKAS
SCOGGIN